Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Ivey Publishing
Version: 2004-10-04
Length: 16 pages
Data source: Generalised experience
Abstract
Livent Inc is the only publicly traded theatrical production firm in North America. A member of the audit committee at Livent is preparing to address the company''s board of directors regarding issues contained in a letter published by a leading business magazine. The letter, written by a securities analyst, suggests the company''s accounting policies are ''very aggressive'', in particular the approach taken to capitalize and amortize its pre-production costs. In order to address this issue, the audit committee member wants to review the company''s current capitalization and amortization policies and to compare its approach with the accounting policies used by other industries which also incur significant development costs. There is a French version available ''9B01BF04''.
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Abstract
Livent Inc is the only publicly traded theatrical production firm in North America. A member of the audit committee at Livent is preparing to address the company''s board of directors regarding issues contained in a letter published by a leading business magazine. The letter, written by a securities analyst, suggests the company''s accounting policies are ''very aggressive'', in particular the approach taken to capitalize and amortize its pre-production costs. In order to address this issue, the audit committee member wants to review the company''s current capitalization and amortization policies and to compare its approach with the accounting policies used by other industries which also incur significant development costs. There is a French version available ''9B01BF04''.